Originally Posted by
Silvaire1
That must be inconvenient for transiting airline pilots who have never set foot on UK soil
(It’s not applicable to anybody who can claim residence outside of the UK when questioned, and therefore almost impossible to enforce for anybody)
It's also not quite true.
EU residents flying IFR are required to have EASA IRs, even if they're flying an N-reg aircraft on an FAA licence.
Private VFR flying is pretty much ignored.
G